[Mission Completed][Wrath’s Trust][Potion of Gaia obtained]I now held the potion in my hands. Things went very smoothly for me, I expected to have to try for several days to persuade Conrad.But I believe I accidentally struck the iron while it was hot.Because his emotions were volatile and he was insecure, my offer of assistance was like a ray of light in the darkness that engulfed him.They say that beggars cannot be choosers.Conrad believed he had no choice and that everything had vanished. He had truly lived in the dark, unaware of how a noble family as large as his's operates.He'd forgotten that the Axwells owned more than just this one mansion and this small plot of land.I took the potion out.And presented it to him.He'd stopped sobbing and was lying on the ground, staring aimlessly."What exactly is this?""I wouldn't feed you poison because it would be a waste of poison."Conrad's mouth opened and closed a few times as he returned his gaze to those two emotionless eye
“WHAT?!!”"Didn't you know?" Lisa inquired, her head tilted to the side. Her eyes shone with a small smirk and a glow.Lisa had been living lavishly for the past few months, her two small children attending the best children's academy in town, and she would spend the rest of her time at gatherings or at home managing the shop.Life was great. Her life had improved 100 times over what it had been previously. But now that she had everything she desired, she desired even more.She was at a wife's gathering the other day when one of the wives brought her 12-month granddaughter.The baby bun was so adorable that she and the other wives almost had to fight over it.That's when she found out.She desperately desired a grandson or granddaughter."No one ever warned me about something like that, is it necessary?" I frowned."Who would warn you about something good? Idiot.” Lisa pouted as if she was displeased.I was drenched in perspiration.To be honest, my tastes in women have shifted signif
I paid attention to the woman kneeling in front of me, she was part of a group of covert surveillance spies I had subdued in the previous months.I had already forgotten her name, but luckily I had a system that allowed me to see people's status.[Meredith]I don't remember her name, so this was my first meeting with her.Perhaps a new member of the intelligence team.Her reports on the empire's current affairs were...The Empire and the Beast Empire's peace talks had broken down, and the two empires are no longer allies.I had no idea how this could have happened.They were just a month ago in the accident at the academy, saving each other's arses, and now they are almost at war.I had a bad feeling about the city I was supposed to take over because it shared borders with the beast empires.Her subsequent reports stated that a battle took place between the Brightwing army and the Orc army at Altina Plain, in the western expanse of the Whitepalace Duchy.Although small encounters were
The old nobles realized that getting on the good side of this 'nephew' would be beneficial to them.They brought their most beautiful daughters in the hopes of catching the nephew's eye.All of the noble ladies were looking forward to meeting the man their father and mother had mentioned.If they were lucky, they would be chosen as the man's wife. The young noble ladies knew nothing about the man, but they knew that marrying a young man was always preferable to marrying an old ugly noble who wanted to eat young meat.So they put on their best dresses, puffed up their chests, and tightened their corsets to look stunning.Nonetheless, they were given bad news."Riel will arrive tomorrow rather than today."Lori elaborated."What?!" exclaimed a noble."How can he be disrespectful to the Duchess? Even though he is the duchess's nephew, he has no right to disrespect her!"The nobleman who was yelling didn't have a daughter.Isla mocked the noble, but it was true. She had planned to meet he
The castle in the north.Despite the name, it is located in the westernmost part of the Land of Whitepalace.It is the first area through which enemies from the West must pass if they are to infiltrate the empire.Isla lay on her magnificent bed, hidden from view by a curtain no one could see through.She liked it so much that she had it built in every castle she owned. She was never one to enjoy sitting. She spent the majority of her time in her laboratory experimenting with her poisons, so sitting after all that work never felt so good.That's when she made the decision to get a bed rather than a throne."Lori, do you think I was too aggressive when I invited my nephew to the Northern Castle?"Isla considered it, but she was too prompt to make a decision. Lori was her advisor/butler, so his advice was valuable. Lori wouldn't feel guilty if he said it wasn't a hasty decision.But…"Indeed, Duchess. This is a very hasty decision."Isla was taken aback, she expected Lori to think about
"I believe we've arrived."The first road we'd seen since starting out on the journey was directly in front of our carriage.It was a stone road large enough for a single carriage to pass through at a time, surrounded by mountain-cut walls. It would be a one-way death road for any enemy who entered it because people could simply shoot down spells from above.We soon came across the ruins of a long-forgotten battle. A battle that occurred before I arrived in this world. There were massive stones scattered about, some damaged and some incorporated deep into the ground."Why don't you come out now?"Dray spoke angrily, his hand poised on his sword, ready to strike."Wait a minute, Drayfus."Someone emerged from behind a stone a moment later. A woman dressed in a dark greenish gown, only her eyes were visible through her veil, and I could see two small daggers made for murder between her nimble fingers.And the daggers appeared to be tinged with some kind of liquid, most likely poison.My
"They've left, Duchess."Isla nodded calmly, her gaze fixed on the carriage fading away in the distance.Lori was intrigued. 'What is the Duchess' opinion of her nephew?'“Impressive.”“Hmmm?”"Don't you want to know what I think about my nephew?"Isla smirked as if she could read Lori's thoughts."Duchess, yes.""He is fascinating, has confidence, and the strength to back it up. I can tell from the small amount of aura leaking from his body that he is already far stronger than any A-rank adult. However, I have the impression that he has only recently attained the A-rank. That is to say...""Could that mean he was already stronger than most A-ranks when he was only B-rank?"Loir finished Isla's sentence.Lori then exclaimed, as if she had become enlightened."In six months...""I guess I'm going to join the war this time, Lori."But Lori was perplexed. Why did the duchess accept the conditions if she knew all of this?"But—"Lori was stopped in her tracks by Isla's finger in her mout
We continued on our way.On the second day, the spies I had sent ahead discovered that our path was blocked by a sizable bandit camp.And there was information that the bandits had enslaved many villagers.Of course, it didn't take a half-hour for a few of my men to dispatch all of the bandits.Simple bandits can't compete with four of my summons, which I released all of because I need it done quickly.It was still surprising that it took half an hour. I told Dray and the others not to hurt the people who had been kidnapped by the bandits.There was a sea of people at the camp. It had been two days since I had taken over the bandit camp.Around 200 slave soldiers wielding rough iron spears stood in the centre of the camp, with their family members assembled around them, and another 100 slaves were forced to look after the camp.There were approximately 500 dead bandits.I appeared in front of them all, standing on a high vantage point. I planned to give a speech to the slaves present